Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2012, 9:11 AM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2012, 9:11 AM EDT (13:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pike County, KY
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427
WGUS53 KJKL 061311
FFWJKL
KYC195-061600-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0042.120806T1311Z-120806T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
911 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL NOON EDT
* AT 909 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL FALL IN THIS AREA AND
WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS ALREADY AT BANKFULL FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AFLEX...BELFRY...BOARD TREE...BUSKIRK...CANADA...FOREST HILLS...
HARDY...HUDDY...JAMBOREE...MAJESTIC...MCANDREWS...PHELPS...
SIDNEY...SOUTH WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK AND WOODMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 8211 3753 8237 3769 8237 3770 8230
3766 8226 3767 8224 3763 8221 3763 8219
3765 8220 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
3756 8213 3756 8207 3751 8204
$$
GREIF1 follow-up statement
097
WGUS73 KJKL 061441
FFSJKL
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1041 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
KYC195-061600-
/O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120806T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE KY-
1041 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL NOON EDT...
AT 1038 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA DROPPING BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS WILL LEAVE BEHIND ANOTHER HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN THROUGH
NOON EDT.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AFLEX...BELFRY...BOARD TREE...BUSKIRK...CANADA...FOREST HILLS...
HARDY...HUDDY...JAMBOREE...MAJESTIC...MCANDREWS...PHELPS...SIDNEY...
SOUTH WILLIAMSON...TURKEY CREEK AND WOODMAN. IN ADDITION...THE
FOLLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING...POND
CREEK...BLACKBERRY FORK AND BIG CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 8211 3753 8237 3769 8237 3770 8230
3766 8226 3767 8224 3763 8221 3763 8219
3765 8220 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
3756 8213 3756 8207 3751 8204
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath | 99 min |
| Aug 6, 6:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 3 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.